Project: "Franken" Fender Stratocaster

[DrivenMind]

Latest project of mine. I'm taking two Fender Stratocaster's, tearing them down and building a blues guitar for myself to wail on. Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pick-ups, are being taken out of the blue guitar, and put in the sunburst guitar. Should be pretty entertaining when it's all said and done.

[DrivenMind]

damn not one comment... you guys got something against guitars or something?

[slow_hatch]

I don't play, nor do I know anything about guitars. But it looks pretty, I bet it sounds nice :D

[scabtastic]

sounds like fun...i myself play bass... i have a warwick and an ibanez..and my dad has a custom american strat

[TRDwasiq]

nice dawg i ill post my pix too
how much was it?

[SpecV_Scott]

Nice work. I just had to do a little bass surgery tonight. Like 2 years ago, I had dremeled out the nut on my backup bass so that I can use the lower 4 strings for a 5-string bass on it...apparently I dremeled too much, because it eventually buzzed so damn much it was unplayable.

So I got a few new nuts (they're cheap so I got some spares), and earlier tonight, I CAREFULLY trimmed the new nut to accept the 130ga "A" string. Here's the pics:

The old, mangled nut:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/hollowmass/Picture013.jpg

The monstrosity that is the 130ga A string:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/hollowmass/Picture015.jpg

The finished product (Ibanez EDC-710 tuned A F# B E):
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/hollowmass/Picture014.jpg

[Sol-Badguy]

Those are some crazy setups.

I would be playing a little more, but I just sold my Line6 Spyder 2x12.

[Kyle]

I have an 1996 Epiphone Les Paul(no not those shitty $150 ones, it cost $600) it's black and beautiful. I don't play anymore I never really had time for it. I baught it at a crackhead price because it was completely covered in stickers that were weird and random as hell. I managed to take them all off and realized hey it's black and only has a few scratches.

I like your guitar though, not really sure what you are doing though.

[KevinT707]

Pics are lookin' sharp as usual Robbster!

[rednobodyv]

nice!

[C.K]

Nice! I my self play acoustic, but I'll get an electric as soon as I'm not broke. Right now I have an Ibanez acoustic and a Peavey Acoustic/Electric. I'm glad to see other people like blues too. Tends to be a lost cause in today's society. +1 rep for you. :goodjob:

[green91]

nice project, i just bought a new PRS to add to my collection, but im a huge ibanez fan. i do have a mex strat and a jaguar reissue also lol. ive also got an ibanez 4 string bass but id like to get a 5 string now.

[5thgcelica]

nice man. should turn out really well. great pictures too.


ive got myself an ESP LTD:FB200 (its a barritone) unfortunatly they don tmake it anymore, but damn i love this guitar, i love that i can tune really low when i want to and not get any nasty fret buzz.